Last year, I posted a list of “Games I have played in quarantine (so far),” which is cute, looking back and imagining a time when I thought the pandemic might someday end. I thought it might be fun to post one of these lists again, but this time in the context of a concrete time frame that makes any sense at all: a calendar year.

This is a comprehensive game of every game I played during the course of 2021, as kept in my trusty Hobonichi Techo, and in accordance with my short but strict Rules of Recording. A game gets recorded if it meets these criteria:

• Has not been recorded this year, AND
  • Is a new game I am starting fresh, OR
  • Is an old game I have made progress in

Before we begin, a small key:
Games I completed in 2021 are bold.
Previously played games are italicized.

I played 87 video games in 2021. Here they all are.

1. The Crew 2
2. Lunar Knights
3. Super Mario 35
4. Teardown
5. Outer Wilds
6. Bit.Trip Runner
7. Stardew Valley
8. Boktai 2: Solar Boy Django
9. Boktai: The Sun is in Your Hand
10. Hitman 2
11. Hitman 3
12. Star Wars: The Old Republic
13. Cyber Shadow
14. Picross S
15. Hades
16. Shin Bokura no Taiyō: Gyakushū no Sabata
17. Microsoft Tinker
18. Gravity Bone
19. Thirty Flights of Loving
20. Super Mario 3D World
21. Bowser’s Fury
22. Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth
23. The Swindle
24. Hyper Light Drifter
25. Pyre
26. Valheim
27. Dragon’s Dogma
28. Final Fantasy VII
29. Ring Fit Adventure
30. Stellaris
31. Later Alligator
32. F1 2020
33. Puzzle Bobble
34. No Man’s Sky Expeditions
35. Fez
36. Control
37. Dishonored 2
38. The Sims 4
39. Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
40. Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist: Link Evolution
41. Rocket League
42. Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle
43. Sonic Forces
44. Mario Golf: Super Rush
45. Sonic the Hedgehog
46. Sonic the Hedgehog 2
47. Sonic Rush
48. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D
49. Sonic 3 & Knuckles
50. Mini Motorways
51. Megaman ZX
52. Megaman ZX Advent
53. Axiom Verge 2
54. Axiom Verge
55. Spelunky
56. Spelunky 2
57. Assetto Corsa
58. Metroid Fusion
59. Star Fox 2
60. Eastward
61. Invisible, Inc.
62. Book of Travels
63. Nancy Drew: Treasure in the Royal Tower
64. Card of Darkness
65. Claphanz Golf
66. The Room 2
67. The Room
68. Nancy Drew: The White Wolf of Icicle Creek
69. Nancy Drew: Secrets Can Kill
70. Metroid Dread
71. Nancy Drew: The Final Scene
72. Nancy Drew: The Scarlet Hand
73. Nancy Drew: Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake
74. The Big Con
75. Nancy Drew: The Haunted Carousel
76. Nancy Drew: Danger on Deception Island
77. Hypnospace Outlaw
78. Orwell
79. Return of the Obra Dinn
80. Nancy Drew: The Secret of Shadow Ranch
81. Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl
82. Duskers
83. Unpacking
84. Heat Signature
85. Inscryption
86. Animal Crossing New Horizons: Happy Home Paradise
87. Halo Infinite Multiplayer

I got a lot of good shots of Baby Mike photos while I was visiting my folks. Yes, I am going to milk them for all they’re worth.

See you next year!